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I came across something that had favorite works of characters.

One was:

> 「好きな漫画」
>
> 『神風怪盗◯ャンヌ』

And another was:

> 「好きな映画」
>
> 『ゴッド◯ァーザー』

Is this simply a way of not actually putting the titles to avoid copyright
issues? Is this common?


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Use of ◯ in titles


It is, and it is. It's a way to make references to well-known works without
the legal headaches that using the actual copyrighted title would. This is
quite common in parodies - Gintama for example has used this trick to no end;
the anime does this instead by bleeping out a syllable or two as the character
states the name.

I could be wrong, but from my experience it seems like the kind of thing that
would be out-of-place in more serious works. I can't remember seeing it used
for anything other than humorous effect, but I don't know that that never
happens.

Names of celebrities and other famous people often get similar treatment.


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